A moving historical garphic novel on World War One.

The Nieuport Gathering

Comics & Graphic Novels

Petrus, Ivan

Graphic Novels

Lannoo Publishers (Acc)

•This is a beautifully illustrated WWI graphic novel by the author of The Nieuport Gathering and Elsie & Mairi•Includes the real history of the WWI tanks in an informative separate chapter•Foreword by David Fletcher, former director of The Tank Museum in BovingtonVicky Braedy is the last descendant of a WW1 tank crew member: E.H. Braedy, who died exactly one hundred years ago in Passchendaele, near a legendary tank called 'Fray Bentos'. His body and the tank were never found. Vicky has inherited all his writings and memorabilia, and decides to travel to Flanders Fields with her husband, to look for clues and traces concerning her great-great grandfather. In fact, she is stepping into the footsteps of Braedy's wife, her great-great grandmother Victoria, in what will turn out to be a journey full of confrontations. When she finds out that Braedy's name tag was found in Cambrai, Vicky drives from Passchendaele to Cambrai, very much like the tanks in 1917. Same tanks, different battlefield. Vicky Braedy is an only child, looking into family secrets. She is the last Braedy. Or is she? And who is Deborah?

The Last Braedy: From Passchendaele to Cambrai

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Lannoo Publishers

<p>When the trainee journalists, Jim and Sophia, are given a new assignment, they explore Waregem in search of inspiration. They quickly become fascinated by the stories of the city during the First World War. Jim and Sophia discover that, although Waregem had been relatively quiet for four years, the liberation left a trail of destruction in its wake. The story of an eleven-year-old boy who, out of childish curiosity, detonated a cannon shell - with dramatic consequences - fills them with horror. They find the diary of a survivor and read about Sergeant Paul Smithhisler, who tried to swim across the River Scheldt after all the bridges had been blown up. Follow in Jim and Sophia's footsteps and reconstruct the last weeks of the First World War in and around Waregem through the experiences of ten soldiers. AUTHOR: Ivan Petrus is a graphic artist who has worked on a wide range of graphic novels, animated films and theatre productions. The First World War is his great passion. He is the director of The Small Steps in a Great War and a contributor to Cher-Ami, a graphic novel and theatre performance. At Waregem follows The Nieuport Gathering, Elsie & Mairi and The Last Braedy and is the concluding installment of his historical graphic novel quartet about the First World War in Belgium. SELLING POINTS: * Waregem is the only place in Belgium that has a cemetery for the American Soldiers who died in World War One: Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, with the graves of 368 American soldiers * A graphic novel with realistic drawings and a factual background * Depicts the devastating last weeks of the First World War in Waregem and the surrounding area 700 colour illustrations</p>

At Waregem: The Last Weeks of World War One

Children's Books

History

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